 Many soldiers were taken prisoner especially at the beginning of the war and were interned in various POW camps, including Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf, Stalag IV-C at Wistritz near Teplitz (now in the Czech Republic), and Stalag IV-B near Dresden.The soldiers captured in Kalamata were transported by train to prisoner of war camps.In the post-war years the regiment served in Cyprus and the Middle East, including Palestine during the 1945-1948 period.